A RARE SMALL INLAID BLACK LACQUER WATER POT

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A RARE SMALL INLAID BLACK LACQUER WATER POT
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
Of bell shape, the sides finely inlaid in mother-of-pearl and gold with four roundels enclosing different flowering plants within a border of rings and reserved on a flower diaper ground, with borders of cell diaper above the foot and on the shoulder, the recessed base inlaid in gold wire with a maker's seal mark, Qianli
1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high, fitted cloth box and cloth stand

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Lot Essay

There are several inscriptions by Xu Hanqing on the cloth box. One on the cover reads: 'gold-inlaid water pot finely made by Jiang Qianli of Ming', followed by Chunzhai. One on the inner removable cover repeats what is on the cover, and that it was recorded by Xu Hanqing in the second month of 1936. An inscription on the side of the box states that the water pot is of the Kangxi period, and the inscription on the bottom of the box states that it was made by Jiang Qianli.

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